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• Global politics

  

  Cuba is getting a new president. But that doesn’t mean the end of Castro rule.

  
  

  The Castro regime is far from over in Cuba, and how the U.S. responds to the apparent transfer of power could have a dramatic impact…

  • by Bill Ibelle   April 20, 2018

• Europe

  

  How the clash could ‘trigger a wave of massive instability throughout Europe and beyond’

  
  

  Catalan President Carles Puigdemont plans to declare independence from Spain on Monday. It’s a move that José Buscaglia, professor and chair of the Department of…

  • by Jason Kornwitz   October 6, 2017

• Venezuela

  

  Controversial election shows ‘Venezuela is twisting into anarchy’

  
  

  Last weekend’s election served only to further destabilize an already conflict-laden Venezuela, according to professor José Buscaglia, whose research focuses on Central America. He cautions…

  • by Molly Callahan   August 3, 2017

• Global politics

  

  Professor: Trump’s new Cuba policy will hurt island nation’s growing middle class

  
  

  President Trump unveiled new restrictions on trade and travel with Cuba on Friday, saying that he was “canceling” the Obama administration’s “completely one-sided deal” with…

  • by Northeastern News   June 18, 2017

• Global politics

  

  Is the chaos in Venezuela ‘a picture of what might happen’ elsewhere, including the US?

  
  

  “Venezuela is spiraling into chaos,” says professor José Buscaglia, an expert on Central American studies, who fears crisis there could spread to more vulnerable countries…

  • by Molly Callahan   May 31, 2017

• Cuba partner­ships

  

  Northeastern’s research partnerships in Cuba open the doors to scientific exchange

  
  

  Northeastern faculty and administrators visited Cuba last week, with members of Congress, to expand upon the university’s academic and research partnerships there, which are paving…

  • by Greg St. Martin   March 3, 2017

• Society & Culture

  

  Fidel Castro’s death, his legacy, and what is next for US-Cuban relations

  
  

  Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary and controversial global figure who defied the U.S. for decades, died Friday. “Castro is one of the towering figures of…

  • by Greg St. Martin   November 28, 2016

• Society & Culture

  

  3Qs: As Obama’s visit begins, what’s next for US and Cuba?

  
  

  José Buscaglia, professor and chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, has just returned from Havana as part of a Northeastern delegation that…

  • by Greg St. Martin   March 21, 2016